Category: Records and research Records and research‘Entente Cordiale’, you said?Friday 25 July 2014As a French historian working at The National Archives, I am particularly interested in...Records and research‘The most formidable document’Wednesday 23 July 2014‘The most formidable document I have ever seen addressed by one state to another...Records and researchCollaborative doctoral studentships 2015-2016Thursday 17 July 2014The Collaborative Doctoral Partnership scheme is generating a lot of interest. We have some...Records and researchMy Tommy’s War: An unexpected war at homeFriday 11 July 2014My great-uncle had an unexpected war at home. My grandfather was too young to...Records and researchTales from the Special Operations Executive: Operation Remorse, part twoThursday 10 July 2014This is my second blog post on Operation Remorse, the secret Second World War operation that earned...Behind the scenesWhat history textbooks don’t tell you about the Jacobites…Monday 7 July 2014I had a sketchy knowledge of the period relating to the Jacobites and had...Records and research#talkingWW1 Twitter dayFriday 4 July 2014Today The National Archives will be joining the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...Records and researchTwo bullets that changed the course of historySaturday 28 June 2014On this day exactly 100 years ago, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, and his wife...Records and researchMy Family’s War: across enemy linesFriday 20 June 2014Last year, I begged this ‘My Tommy’s War’ slot to write about my mother’s...Records and researchThe working women’s struggle for the voteThursday 19 June 2014On 20 June 1914 one of the first deputations of suffragettes met with the Prime...Behind the scenesCommendation for bravery (with a little help from our Friends)Tuesday 17 June 2014What would you do if a bomb landed on your house in the middle...Records and researchHere comes the cavalry! Records of the Household Cavalry go onlineFriday 13 June 2014Records for over 12,000 servicemen from the Household Cavalry (file series ref: WO 400)... « 1 … 87 88 89 90 91 … 114 »